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An (oddly subdued) conversation about the necessity of exploring all types of human relationships in writing. Featuring a segue about how much Chris and Lore made themselves hate Wyatt Earp (oops), another mini rant about 'She' (also known as Nora Roberts) is definitely one of Lore's favorite relationship-builders, and of course, a bunch of other stuff they can't remember. 

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In their usual fashion, Chris and Lore *attempt* to talk about a very common idea in the writing world and inevitably end up rambling on about Sheen and Tennant like the absolutely shameless fic writers they are. 

There is, miraculously, some actual discussion on drafting styles, bless their hearts. 

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Join as we discuss the validity of the term Mary Sue and what exactly a wish-fulfilling or self insert character entails.  Absolutely filled to the brim with pop culture references (Supernatural, Star Trek, Harry Potter) because one of us simply cannot  help themselves.  (Hint: it's always Christopher.)

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Plots can't move if the writer isn't making decisions (and sticking to them). 

Christopher has her own novel-length ideas about this and Lore is just here for the LOLs.

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Maybe it was the topic, the lateness of the hour or the unbelievably taxing week we just survived but recording this episode brought out a bit more opinionated chaos than our previous installments.  The randomizer chose 'Magic Systems and how to make them interesting' and we managed to squeeze in references to Superman, Captain America, My Hero Academia, Megamind, Good Omens, Supernatural and Serpent and Dove. 

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Love it or hate it, the thesaurus is in every writer's toolbox. It's knowing how and when to use it that's the trick (and we all know we're at least 58% bullshitting our way through figuring that out).

Join Chris and Lore as they discuss the dubious nature of the Thesaurus ; where accents are frivolous, Christopher REALLY wants to start a fight, and the mastery of DreamWorks' 'The Road to El Dorado' remains unchallenged. 

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The randomizer picked a good one this week: live reading posts we found under the writing tags on tumblr (the only social media Christopher understands) and Twitter.  Tune in to hear a well thought out, totally on point, absolutely never distracted discussion about the word 'said', paragraph structure, the need for higher education and why you should probably not be flippant about colonization.

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This go around Chris and Lore talk about writing communities and how to avoid the muddy waters of the dreaded Group Think, how to navigate what kind of critique is right for you, and how super incredibly rude it was for Zoom to cut them off at the pass while they were on a roll. What about, you ask? They're not even entirely sure. 

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Join us as Christopher and Lore dive into that age old question of what comes first your plot or your character.  While we start out 100% convinced that it's always going to be character we sidetrack ourselves with exceptions and an inevitable discussion of first person narration.

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Next Up! An episode about World Building rapidly dissolves into chaos when Chris and Lore's take on the subject turns into the horrors and boons of exposition and how it affects the story. As they always manage to stay off-topic (and will inevitably never get to say as much as they want to) lets call this Part 1 of many. 

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